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NEW DELHI: If the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, Central Park, and the glitzy Times Square of New York city have not ticked off your bucket list, here's a chance. The most visited city in the US awaits, with lots more new to offer Indians, officials said. "The Indian market is critically important to New York city, the most visited US city by Indians," Christopher Heywood, senior vice president for global communications with NYC and Company, told IANS in an interview.

NEW YORK — A Brooklyn man was convicted on Friday of participating in a racially charged beating of a black college student in fall 2013 that left the victim without vision in his right eye.
Justice Danny K. Chun of state Supreme Court in Brooklyn issued the guilty verdict after a bench trial that included video surveillance footage, DNA evidence and testimony from the victim, Taj Patterson, who described being set upon by up to 20 men as he walked through the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn early one morning.

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Queens appears to be the hot spot for New York City residents this year.
That's according to online real estate and rental marketplace StreetEasy, which recently came out with their 2016 list of "New York City's Hottest Neighborhoods."

Hotels are so much more than just a place to lay your head at the end of the day. They've become destinations offering everything from restaurants helmed by celebrity chefs to hot rooftop bars. We evaluated the New York City hotels that have opened within the last year and looked at hotels that will open later this year, and found the buzziest new offerings.

What do the Upper West Side, SoHo, the West Village and Park Slope have in common? They're the New York City neighborhoods where Labradors are the most popular purebred dogs. Across Central Park in the 10021, meanwhile, Shih Tzus outnumber Labs. Elsewhere, across swaths of Brooklyn, Yorkshire Terriers are dominant.

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While relaxing vacations certainly have their virtues — think pina coladas on a white sand beach, or a deep tissue massage at a desert spa — many people prefer a daily dose of action and adventure on their vacations.

Northeast residents are girding for a "crippling and potentially historic" storm that could bury communities from northern New Jersey to southern Maine in 2 feet of snow. PArts of New York City could get up to 3 inches.